Re: Lafeyette Rowlett

I'll try to help you a bit on this family. Lafayette Fate Rowlett was born in Big Hill, Ky. Oct. 14, 1869. He married Nancy Lucinda Permenter Aug. 18, 1894 in Lamar Co., Tx. Lafayette and Nancy had Eddie M., born Nov. 15, 1895 in Tx. and Jessie, born June 30, 1903 in Blackfork, Ar. Lafayette didn't die when Jesse was born. He and Nancy must have divorced thought I don't have a divorce record. Lafayette and Nancy must have separated while she was pregnant with Jesse or right after he was born since the 1910 census record shows that Lafayette and his second wife, Maggie Ellavasse Ligon, shows that they had been married 8 years. The 1910 census also shows that Nancy and John Henry Brown had been married 4 years and that Eddie and Jesse were his stepsons. Lafayette and Maggie had four children: Omaha, born 1903; Birdie Dell, born 1905; George Lafayette, born 1907; and William Archie, born 1912. Lafayette was the son of Sydney B. Rowlett and his second wife, Senie Sylvia Castell. Sydney B. Rowlett's first wife was Pamela Ann Brooks. Senie married John W. Thomason after Sydney died. I know nothing of Eddie's or Jesse's families except that Eddie was married twice.